AmeriCorps State & National Grants provide federal funding to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, colleges, and tribal groups to run AmeriCorps programs that address critical community needs. Grants support programs that recruit, train, and manage AmeriCorps members to serve in areas such as education, public health, disaster response, environmental stewardship, and economic opportunity. 

Funding typically covers program costs, member living allowances, and education awards. These grants are awarded competitively, with initial funding for one year and the potential for renewal up to three years based on program performance.

For this funding opportunity, AmeriCorps will prioritize consideration from organizations that:

Faith-Based

• Organizations that are faith-based.

Serve Communities

• Serve communities with concentrated poverty, rural communities, and tribal communities.

• Implement programs for or expand access to high-quality youth mental health and substance use recovery services and prepare AmeriCorps members to enter behavioral health careers. These may include individuals who have experienced substance use and mental health challenges.

• Focus on improving quality of life for veterans, active-duty members of the Armed Forces, and their families through models that provide effective interventions or services or that are designed to recruit veterans, military spouses, and their older children into national service, e.g., veterans serving in mentorship roles.

• Focus on public safety, crime prevention, and/or partnerships between law enforcement and the community.

• Focus on expanding outdoor recreation opportunities for future generations by maintaining public lands; supporting wildland fire mitigation and sustainable forest management; and providing reforestation services.

• Create workforce pathways for AmeriCorps members, including deliberate training, such as pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship opportunities, certifications, and hiring preferences or support;

• Focus on strengthening families, e.g., activities that aim to support low-income parents through parenting education, responsible parenting and healthy relationship skills.